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Famous Unkept Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Unkept poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous unkept poems. These examples illustrate what a famous unkept poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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...nd stone, 
Its leaves were mammoth ivory, 
Its boards were mammoth bone, — 
Hid in her seaside mountains, 
Forgotten or unkept, 
Beneath its mighty covers 
Her wrath against me slept. 
And deeply I repented 
Of brash and boyish crime, 
Of murder of things lovely 
Now and in olden time. 
I cursed my vain ambition, 
My would-be worldly days, 
And craved the paths of wonder, 
Of dewy dawns and fays. 
I cried, "Our love was boundless, 
Eternal as the sea, 
O Queen, reverse the se...Read more of this...
by Lindsay, Vachel



...It's not for laws I've broken
That bitter tears I've wept,
But solemn vows I've spoken
And promises unkept;
It's not for sins committed
My heart is full of rue,
but gentle acts omitted,
Kind deeds I did not do.

I have outlived the blindness,
The selfishness of youth;
The canker of unkindness,
The cruelty of truth;
The searing hurt of rudeness . . .
By mercies great and small,
I've come to reckon goodness
The greatest gift of all.

Let us be helpful ever
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by Service, Robert William

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